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Blackhead disease (histomoniasis) is a protozoal disease in turkeys, chickens, sometimes other avian species primarily afflicting ceca and liver. The data of the epizootic survey of turkey farms of Stavropol Territory and Nizhny Novgorod Province and the results of immunological and pathomorphogenetic studies of the experimental and spontaneous forms of the disease are presented which can be useful in its diagnostics.
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Bakulin, V. (2022). Blackhead Disease (Histomoniasis) in Turkeys: Epizootology, Immunology, Pathomorphogenesis, Diagnostics. In: Muratov, A., Ignateva, S. (eds) Fundamental and Applied Scientific Research in the Development of Agriculture in the Far East (AFE-2021). AFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 354. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91405-9_84
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